The Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force and Grey BruceHealth Unit encourages people with low or modestincome to file a tax return. Prosper Canada reportsthat many low-income people can quickly boost theirincomes – sometimesby as much as ...

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The City of Owen Sound learned first-hand the challenges of public consultation last night. Fewer than thirty people attended the public forum held at the Bayshore to give rate-payers their first look at the sixty-three recommendations that have come out of the city's Service Review process. Some people said they had come for answers about specific issues such as park closures and the future of the airport; others had broader concerns about the health and sustainabilty of the community. One senior couple expressed fear over their tax increases and anger that the city appeared to them "overstaffed".City Manager Wayne Ritchie introduced the evening with a brief timeline of the Review, which will take five months in all, ending in a September 7 public meeting to "discuss the final decisions" which will have been..

The only reasoning given to many of us for the closure of OSCVI as a high school is one small chart showing the operating profit next year and the percentage utilization rate. We are then told it is what the community wants. And all in the name of better programming, because that's all that matters. I don't believe either of these arguments holds merit for the ...

The City of Owen Sound is hosting a public forum Monday, May 9 to give the public a look at the 63 recommendations from its Service Review.Although the city's website says the forum scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore is to "discuss Council's approach to explore service delivery", the evening will not include any ...

When I was a kid, the local parks were extensions of our yards. I grew up on 8th Ave A East just around the corner from Owen Heights Park with its swings, slides, monkey bars, tire swing, and teeter-totters. My sister, neighbours, and I spent ...

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says he was humbled by the support and personal stories that emerged during an-hour long debate at Queen's Park on his motion to declare the month of September as childhood cancer awareness month in Ontario.